Security experts are warning healthcare and insurance companies that 2015 will be the "Year of the Healthcare Hack," as cybercriminals are increasingly attracted to troves of personal information held by U.S. insurers and hospitals that command high prices on the underground market.
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Evergrande Bought 50% of Great Eastern Life Assurance for Share 3.9 billion yuan to diversify into insurance
One of the largest property developers in China, Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd., acquired 50 percent share from Great Eastern Life Assurance Co for 3.9 billion yuan, or $610 million, to get into the insurance industry.
China’s Anbang insurance to acquire US insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life in a $1.6 B deal
Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd., a China-based leading global insurance group, has agreed to buy U.S. annuities and life insurance provider Fidelity & Guaranty Life (FGL) for about $1.57 billion in cash.
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Entrepreneurship is a big jump for someone to pursue rather than having the normal working hour. Besides focusing on the business aspect of the company, entrepreneurs also need to brush off in their financial apparatus as it will determine how well an entrepreneur could sustain his or her life. Hence, it is a wise decision for an entrepreneur to create a finance checklist for himself.
Swiss Re to buy Guardian Financial Services for $2.45B
Switzerland reinsurer Swiss Re AG has decided to acquire the UK-based Guardian Financial Services from private equity (PE) firm Cinven for GBP 1.6 billion ($2.45bn). The acquisition will help in strengthening the British business of the unit.
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Aviva's potential 5.6 billion pound ($8.8 billion) purchase of Friends Life reflects a need to consolidate and cut costs in Britain's insurance industry, fund managers said.
Hospitals and insurers are expected to give their clearest view yet on whether people are having more surgeries and other medical procedures during the next few weeks when they report earnings, according to investors who are closely watching U.S. medical services use.
Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients.
FINRA, in its oversight powers, is contemplating the imposition of a requirement of having insurance to cover payouts should the brokerage firm fail.
The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it would continue to provide home and auto insurance products to AARP members.
The largest US life insurer New York Life Insurance Co purchases Dexia Asset Management. The largest US life insurer owned by policyholders, New York Life Insurance Co had entered into an agreement to acquire a Dexia SA unit worth EUR380 million or USD512 million.
Formal agreements were recently signed between Confie Seguros and Affirmative Insurance Holdings as to the acquisition of the retail distribution arm of AFFM.
India would be inaugurating is its insurance repositories on September 16. India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority's insurance repositories would be inaugurated on September 16.
MBK agrees to buy ING's South Korean unit to bring the latter's Asia exit plan closer to conclusion.
